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A handful of innovators have developed successful programs to help lift low-income workers into the middle class. Can their model become the norm? By Steve Lohr Steve Lohr, a longtime reporter for The ...

At the best job skills and education programs, students experience hands-on job training, access to workplace technology, and barrier-breaking services that clear the path to successful employment.

Job training and workforce development programs have long been plagued by weak wage and job-persistence outcomes. Since the United States spends markedly less on these types of programs than do other ...